Hypertext Webster Gateway: "percolate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Percolated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Percolating}.] [L. percolatus, p. p. of
percolare to percolate; per through + colare to strain.]
To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to
filter; to strain. --Sir M. Hale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Percolate \Per"co*late\, v. i.
To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water
percolates through porous stone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
percolate
n : the product of percolation
v 1: permeate; penetrate gradually; of liquids [syn: {leach}]
2: spread gradually: "Light percolated into our house in the
morning"
3: prepare in a percolator, of coffee
4: cause to pass through a permeable substance in order to
extract a soluble constituent, as of solvents
5: pass through; "Water permeates sand easily" [syn: {sink in},
{permeate}, {filter}]
6: be diffused thoroughly; "Sunlight percolated the entire
house"
7: gain or regain energy [syn: {perk up}, {perk}, {pick up}, {gain
vigor}]
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